thanks for all those progress shots.....i was showing my daughter how to hold the dremel this weekend and how not to hurt yourself...WHAM!!! cut my thumb open.....thats how not to do it i told her. she was impressed i hurt myself on purpose to show her.....yeah thats my storey...i did it on purpose ...yeah.

I started on a piece of Redwood recently. Been using chisels so far and everything is working nicely. The wood seems a bit chippy (like pine) - is this normal? Also I have heard that Redwood is toxic if you breath it while sanding - is that true?

Man, those hook knives scare the sh!+ outta me! No way am I ever gonna go near one of those. Lucky you had the super glue handy....
Digging the elegant curved lines on this one Ben - very stately. Beautiful grain in that wood too!
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Impressive carve on the latest tiki dude, my goodness, drawing blood and all that...but while looking over the pics I noticed something - and this (for me) is WAY MORE IMPRESSIVE than your latest blood hungry member of the famous Benzart family;

My business card is seen prominently on your workbench!!?!! Surreal? HELLO!!

Of all the places my card could end-up - this has got to be one of the best. Now that's something for ME to celebrate.